I am 17 weeks this week! Slowly but surely getting there.
So I am looking for some advice. Last year I got diagnosed with 2 mild bulging discs in my L5/S1, and I was always worried that it may cause some issues during pregnancy. I was seeing a chiro and we were doing some pretty progressive treatments to help make it better. But being military, we moved to Arizona and now I will be seeing a new chiro on Monday. BUT I have been having trouble sleeping.
I know they say to sleep on your sides but my hips/shoulders get SO sore from sleeping on my sides all the times and when I lay on my back, my right thigh goes NUMB in a matter of minutes. I'm assuming I'm pushing on a nerve.. once I move, the numbness goes away. Also I am a mental health therapist so I sit down a lot during the day for sessions and I do have a lumbard support for it, but when I get up the round ligaments hurt so bad in my lower abdomen. I try to stretch but it doesn't help too much.t
I have looked at a body pregnancy pillow but I can't find one with decent reviews (within the last few months, all the good reviews were from 2 years ago). I've looked into doing prenatal yoga but haven't gotten around to it. Does anyone have any ideas on how to make this better? I am pretty proactive but this I'm a first time mom and I am not sure what to do!